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ArticleBehavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland)2026

Validation of the Life Metaphor Questionnaire Among Chinese College Students and Its Relationship with Meaning in Life: The Moderating Role of Depressive Symptoms.

Huan Lv, Xiaoyan Liang, Ruiming Wang, Keke Yu

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Article in Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Huan LvMental Health Education and Counseling Center, Foshan University, Foshan 528225, China.ORCID 0009-0004-7858-0188
Xiaoyan LiangMental Health Education and Counseling Center, GuangDong Polytechnic, Foshan 528041, China.
Ruiming WangPhilosophy and Social Science Laboratory of Reading and Development in Children and Adolescents, Ministry of Education, Center for Studies of Psychological Application, School of Psychology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China.ORCID 0000-0002-3277-0953
Keke YuPhilosophy and Social Science Laboratory of Reading and Development in Children and Adolescents, Ministry of Education, Center for Studies of Psychological Application, School of Psychology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China.ORCID 0000-0002-8210-0974

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Guangdong Planning Office of Philosophy and Social Science GD23XXL03Research Center for Brain Cognition and Human Development, Guangdong, China 2024B0303390003Striving for the First-Class, Improving Weak Links and Highlighting Features (SIH) Key Discipline for Psychology in South China Normal University
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Life metaphors are cognitive tools for conceptualizing human existence and showing its essence, meaning, and characteristics. This study validated the Life Metaphor Questionnaire among Chinese college students and examined the relationship between life metaphors, meaning in life, and depressive symptoms. Study 1 (

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college studentsdepressive symptomslife metaphormeaning in life

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PMID42938627
PMCPMC13701915

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